SMI has developed the following vision, mission, and goals as we strive to address industry issues and implement best practices to shape the future of the healthcare supply chain.

Vision

To be the pre-eminent venue for supply chain innovation leading to higher value healthcare.

Mission

To advance supply chain performance by uniting thought leader executives from providers and industry focused on education, leading practice sharing, and transformative improvements.

Goals

Raise the level of expected performance, new standards, improvement models and future trends for the advancement of healthcare delivery by:

  1. Maintaining a viable and sustainable not-for-­profit organization, both financially and otherwise.
  2. Producing consistently high quality and high member value Forums, and other events as deemed appropriate, while striking a balance between providers and suppliers in small productive environments.
  3. Demonstrating member value to be measured in part by maintaining a targeted retention rate for both provider and industry partners.
  4. Working to elevate the image of supply chain by (among other things) focusing on sharing, evolving and improving best practices within the membership and the industry at large.
  5. Involving provider and industry partners, collaborators, and others as appropriate, in member initiative teams focused on developing and promoting solutions to key challenges facing the healthcare supply chain; keeping the outcomes fresh and relevant.